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Teaching - Elohim

(If Hebrew letters are unfamiliar, just read through them. In your mind say, "that thing" and read on. You may look more closely if you wish to verify things. [1] It is the consistent use of the meaning of the alphabet in notarikon [2], that shows it is a true meaning. It is impossible for any man to have imposed these meanings after the scripture was written. Hebrew is written right to left)
  1. ↑ Pneumnemonic Hebrew for Beginners
  2. ↑ notarikon - words get their meaning from the combined meaning of the letters. Notarikon
Confusion - Elohim

"In the beginning God..." [1] In the first full sentence of revelation God tells one of his names "Elohim" אלהים. It is said that it means God, plural Gods, Royal 'God', judges, etc.

If there is confusion, it is the result of sin. [2] [3]

God has communicated to us in such a way that we might know him, and then after we know him, believe (trust) and understand him. [4]

  1. ↑ Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  2. ↑ 2Th 2:11]] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  3. ↑ Jer 3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
  4. ↑ Isa 43:10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Elohim - one or many

Some say that Elohim is a plural noun for eloah meaning 'gods' and conclude that there are many gods, or it is like the 'royal we' when the king speaks of himself in plural form. But these are secondary meaning which cannot be applied to all instances.

The metaphor of "Waterloo" says many things. It can be used to speak of being ill-prepared or arrogant. These are both secondary meanings which, by themselves, do not express the true meaning of Waterloo.

You can see how this causes problems, since God calls men elohim, and there is only one singular God. How do we make sense of this? We will use notarikon [1].

  1. ↑ One of the methods of interpretation used by New Testament authors
'Notarikon' [1] is the ancient Hebrew practice of interpretation where words get their meaning from the combined meaning of the letters within. 'Elohim' אלהים means God 'El' אל separated from creation י (which has been finished by the son ם) by ignorance ה.
  1. ↑ This is not an endorsement of the rabbinic usage of notarikon since they violate the rules of it's use and have scrambled the meaning of the letters making nonsense of the idea.
Man is separated from God because they don't know him. When he calls men 'elohim' he is using the primary meaning. It applies to God, since men are separated from him, and it applies to men, because God is separated from them. This [1] is the primary meaning of 'Elohim'.
  1. ↑ God separated from men by ignorance
When judges are called 'Elohim' [1] it is not because they judge like God. It is because they don't judge like God. They cannot judge rightly because they don't know him. So he tells them they are separated from him by ignorance and they will die like men. [2]
  1. ↑ Ps 82:6 ¶ I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.
  2. ↑ Ps 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Using notarikon, eloah אלוה means 'God אל discerned by, or made clear by ו ignorance ה. The ignorance of men, bickering over this or that, drives people crazy to the point that they cry out "It is not supposed to be this way!" By doing so, they are declaring that there is a God whose way it is supposed to be. Their ignorance has declared God to be God.
When a man or idol is called 'eloah', it says that such a declaration; that the man or idol is a God, is totally foolish and made plain by the ignorance of the claim. It is a god for the foolish.
The Hebrew gate (two-letter 'sub-root') [1] 'El' אל means 'After he spoke and created the heavens and the earth א he taught ל'. Why did he teach? Because men ים are separated from God אל by ignorance ה. Elohim אלהים.
  1. ↑ Gates
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